Could a Runaway

Even though it's hard
 Looking out mi life I've been through so much stuff
 A million times mi could a runaway
 Because mi know seh mi must make it one day
 Nuff people playa hate
 The devil and him friends dem a try test mi faith
 And a million times mi could a runaway
 Like a plane pon di runway
 They say I never make it
 But on the road mi coulda turn mi never take it
 It was so easy to be a drug dealer (Jah know)
 Peer pressure coulda turn mi inna killer
 Gappy dem fool nuh get you down
 Mi stand up pon solid grund
 As a ghetto youth from Kingston town
 Words dem a fling out a road coulda break my bone
 Mi know dem from in di first round
 When push come to shove mi nuh sell out
 Sometime mi feel like mi locked up and mi wan fi get di hell out
 True badmind a gwan mi have some fake friend fell out
 When problems arise dem a dip out
 But true, me purer than the water dem a drink
 I'm nothing false, I know when dem I?
 And I go make dem never push me over the brink
 For me foresee the things dem a think
 I was born as a Ranks,
 like the great Delly Ranx so mi have fi give thanks
 mi a shine like a star dem see mi from a distance
 oo when badmind a chat mi, mi nuh response
 I was born as a Ranks,
 Raised as a Ranks
 Shabba Ranks
 Cutty Ranks
 Badmind keep yuh distance
 The hypocrite people they need no response